The capital, the forbidden palace.

Since the beginning of summer, the weather has become hotter, the sound of cicadas is bursting, and the occasional pond lotus fragrance enters the temple with the wind, which brings a touch of coolness to the hot breath of this afternoon.

Since Huo Zhanshi entered the East Palace to assist the prince, he had never seen the prince fascinated by anything.

At this time, the prince was still holding the underwear and kept pondering.

"Your Highness, this is the evidence of the court, and it is better to return it to Beizhen Fusi as soon as possible!"

He carefully persuaded, he knew that the current crown prince's personality was also very stubborn.

In this regard, he is indeed very similar to the current emperor.

The prince also understood that this matter was entirely for his good, and it was doubtful that he was indeed holding this thing.

Only then did he slowly put down the underwear in his hand, looked very sorry, and said to him: "I just don't know that people who can write such good words are afraid that they will face a very bad ending in the end!" ”

"The state laws and regulations are strict, and he wants to take risks, which is also a matter of no choice, who let him know the law and break the law."

Huo Zhanshi thought that the prince was too sympathetic to this person, so he carefully admonished him.

After all, as a prince, he walks on thin ice every day, and if he makes a wrong step, he will step into a situation from which he will never recover.

In the past dynasties, this is the case, and the position of the prince is very difficult to do.

The prince nodded, his expression was full of regret, he picked up this underwear and looked at it carefully for a long time.

As if he had discovered an extremely shocking secret, he whispered: "Huo Zhanshi, I see that this handwriting is very similar to that written by a woman, can you see if this is the case?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, this word is from a woman's handwriting, and the seven underwear you took are the highest bid, more than 30,000 taels of gold!"

Huo Zhan said cautiously.

"Really?"

The prince only looked at it again and again, and continued: "I'm very interested in the woman who can write this word, if Jinyiwei can catch her, I must take a good look, what kind of strange woman is this!" ”

"It's a pity that despite her talent, she also went the wrong way!"

Huo Zhan preached nonchalantly.

"Yes, with her talent, even if she doesn't have to take this evil path, she can still get ahead if she takes the right path!"

Hearing the prince say this, Huo Zhanshi felt more and more that the prince seemed to be very interested in this woman.

And this caused him a faint feeling of unease.

At this time, the capital, which is at the center of this storm of science and technology, can be said to be panicked.

Imprisoned in the prison of Jinyiwei, those Confucian scholars who were powerless couldn't stand the punishment, and they climbed and bit one by one.

In this way, it is true that the initiators of the Kechang case will be uprooted, and some innocent scholars and officials can be involved.

As a result, the case became bigger and bigger, like a snowball, and the people involved became more and more extensive.

In the capital, everyone is in danger!

When it comes to the Kechang case, it can be said that it is talking about the tiger's color change, from the common people to the court, everyone avoids it.

Who dares to go forward and get together, at least the family will be bankrupt, and the family will be ruined.

It is precisely because of this reason that Dean Fan was almost confessed by some Confucian scholars at the first time.

When Dean Fan was imprisoned in Jinyiwei's prison, it was dark, cold and damp, and there was a smell of corruption and blood in the perennial cell.

He was already frightened, and his soul was not possessed.

Before he could be tortured, he had already confessed everything.

The result was that he himself was sentenced to a prison sentence, which made him desperate, just when he thought he was about to be recoiled into the new ship and beheaded.

Suddenly, things took a very bizarre turn.

One day, he was suddenly arraigned, saying that it was arraignment, but it was better to say that he was making a deal.

The official who interrogated him was the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, Zuo Qianhu, Zuo Liang, and the same Zuo Qianhu who took the lead in searching Siyu's house that day.

The cell door creaked open, and Dean Fan, who had already taken off his human form, was so frightened that he retreated again and again.

In the black cell, two brocade guards stood at the door of the cell, with embroidered spring knives hanging on their bodies, the sunlight penetrated in, sprinkled on their bodies, their faces were extremely pale, but the flying fish suits on their bodies were very red.

A miserable white face, a pitch-black knife, and a red flying fish suit.

Like a black and white impermanent, life-seeking ghost, it frightened Dean Fan, and the ghost couldn't stop screaming: "Ladies and gentlemen, shouldn't you send me on the road today?" ”

The brocade guard in the lead, who was already impatient, pulled him out, and pushed him out of the cell door like a chicken.

In the dark Jinyi Guard prison, the damp and corrupt atmosphere was filled with a smell of blood.

From time to time, there were also leather whips and the miserable howls of torturing prisoners, as if they were in hell, and Dean Fan trembled with fright.

Walking through a corridor where there is no sunlight all year round, rats are infested, and occasionally you can see dark red blood stains on the walls.

This scene had already frightened Dean Fan to death, and the two brocade guards dragged Dean Fan to the door of a cell like a dead dog, and threw him in.

The cold and damp, hard bluestone slab ground smashed Dean Fan's nose and face were swollen, as if the bones in his body had been broken.

He bared his teeth in pain, followed by a large bucket of ice water, even crushed ice chips, and a bucket of cold water poured down from his head, and he shivered with cold.

At this time, there was a conversation next to him, which frightened him out of the sky.

"Report to Lord Qianhu, this guy can't be tortured today, and he's dead!"

Dean Fan raised his eyes to look to the side, and he was so frightened that he immediately closed his eyes.

The scene just now really frightened him.

The man had been completely beaten out of his human form, his head was almost flattened, and the flesh on his body was torn off and thrown to the ground, with a large pool of blood underneath him.

It was a big pool of red blood.

He almost threw up.

At this time, a very light voice sounded: "Really? I can't help but fight, pull it out and feed the dogs, don't waste it! ”

"Yes, sir."

A brocade guard agreed.

A dead body followed by dragged it past his face.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't dare to open his eyes at all, and thought to himself, you still dragged me to the entrance of the vegetable market and cut me with a knife.

The corpse's feet touched his face, and the smell of blood rushed to his nose, so frightened that he almost fainted.

Only now did he understand that there was something more terrible in this world than death.

And the next thing that made him even more terrifying happened, that light voice actually spoke to him.

"Dean Fan, don't come unharmed!"

He trembled with fright, not knowing how to answer, when he was kicked in the abdomen by a brocade guard in a cowhide boot.

He was in pain almost, and instantly rolled up his body, and the blood of the person just now stained his whole body, and even some of it flowed into his mouth.

There was a strong smell of blood, and I didn't know if it was my own or that person.

It was that light voice, and it sounded again.

"Tut-tut, how did I explain to you, you can't do this to the readers, look at the scared people! People are also considered to be a person, and the five products of learning and politics are actually taught! ”

Jin Yiwei on the side said in fear: "I'm sorry, my lord, we must pay attention next time." ”

The light voice ordered faintly again: "You all go down, this criminal, I will try it myself!" ”

"Yes, my lord!"

At this time, only Zuo Qianhu and Dean Fan were left in this cell.

Dean Fan was already spasming in pain at this time, and Zuo Qianhu stepped forward and kicked him over his back.

also knew that it was he who saw Zuo Qianhu's true face.

The other party had a pair of small triangular eyes, and there was that kind of vicious light in his eyes, and a small amount of sunlight passed through the cell, and the light shone on his face, half of which was so white that it was colorless, and it was generally as dark as a yaksha.

It's like this, and it has to involve an evil and fierce smile.

"Dean Fan, my time is very precious, you have to listen carefully to what I say next, you just need to listen, and nod seriously, or shake your head, but you must listen clearly, and then answer carefully, because this is a matter of the lives of more than 30 people in your family!"

When Dean Fan heard this, he felt that the blood in his whole body was frozen, he never thought that this matter would be so widely involved, and the lives of his family were all under his control.

He swallowed his saliva, and said nervously to Zuo Qianhu: "Lord Qianhu, I will do whatever you say, but according to your orders, there will definitely be no flaws." ”

Zuo Qianhu heard this, nodded with great satisfaction and said: "Well, this attitude is very good, it is a good start, but ah, you still listen carefully to my words, there are some words that I need you to memorize, not only with your brain, but also with your bones, if necessary, you will try your best to carve into your bones." ”

Dean Fan nodded eagerly.

Zuo Qianhu smiled coldly, "I said, listen!" ”

He stood up, paced to the large pool of red blood left by the man just now, and said in a deep voice: "You saw Feng Xianjiu at the end of March this year, and it was he who leaked the Shiwen exam questions to you in advance!" ”

"Your Excellency is not!"

Dean Fan understood that as long as he nodded his head, his life would be over, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, where can the villain see Guozijian, Master Feng, I haven't seen him at all." ”

Zuo Qianhu smiled coldly: "No, you have seen it, just now." ”

When Dean Fan heard this, his heart was like falling into an ice cellar.

He understood that he was determined to die, and if he didn't agree, he was afraid that even his family's lives would be involved, so he had no choice but to nod.

Zuo Qianhu said very lightly: "Yes, you are a very smart person, let's continue!" ”

Dean Fan nodded sadly.

A light voice continued to sound, "At the place where you met, upstairs in HSBC, you also heard a conversation, at that time you heard Feng Xianjiu say something to Huo Zhan, are these the people named by the prince?" ”